Sadly the old tired GPS had to be replaced, so yesterday a shiny Garmin Nüvi 760 took its place. This is one slick GPS. The 4.3 inch screen is a beauty. Crisp and clear and bright enough to see in the Phoenix sun. The included…

My head spun when I saw this video. It shows how Dash GPS has begun to mashup open API’s from the web and putting them into GPS navigation devices. The video shows the users driving around Silicon Valley looking at home values from Zillow as…

Starting tomorrow, I’m off for a 18 day vacation, but I just couldn’t resist the temptation (I’m a blogging junky) of one last post before I leave — so I tried my best to put together a selection of links for geeks to tide you…

Trulia has introduced “Trulia Agent Featured Listings“. Here’s the highlights: Features: Photo & contact info. featured on your Trulia listings, as well as a new email tool enabling consumers to email property inquiries directly to your mailbox Totally new, enhanced property detail page embedded with…

I recently did an interview with a national business publication regarding consumer usage of the web in real estate. One of the questions I was asked is why the web has been become so important recently to the strategy of real estate professionals. The answer…

Setting up an XML feed for your listings is a great way to get added exposure for your listings by syndicating them to a variety of real estate portals. Since I’m helping support the coming Zillow Listings Feed program, I’ve had conversations with agents, brokers,…

Most readers of GeekEstate Blog are probably, well, Geeks. That being the case, some of you might be interested in reading the latest blog post on TravelHacker  — Top 25 Vacation Destinations Where a Nerd Can Get Laid. For those looking for a cruise, check out…

Google Analytics If you use Google Analytics to analyze your web/blog traffic (and you do use something, right?), there is a nifty new addition. You can now have Analytics track and report on what how your web/blog visitors are using your site’s internal search function….

I have done several posts in the last couple of weeks that touched on podcasting and got a surprising amount of interest! As I mentioned in some of my early posts on the subject, the term “podcast” comes from the iPod, Apple’s market leading mp3…

The 66th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at the Real Estate Convergence.